est. 2008

Nothing but Northstar. So much good new music has come out in recent weeks and I’ve got a backlog of thoughts to think and musings to post, but for daytime listening lately I keep coming back to these Glamour Kills YouTube videos from four years ago of Nick Torres acoustic. I would do bad things like take candy from children and cut off an old woman on the sidewalk if I meant I’d get an hour of songwriting with this guy.And I would like to turn around and scold all those folks chattering too loud during a too-good performance.

Torres’s post-Northstar project, Cassino, said earlier this year they’d have new music by the end of the year. So that’s something to look forward to. I’m counting down the days to the unknown.

“So this is how it ends, toxic and deliberateShe’s blood red at the neck boiling off fingerprintsThis hospital love is making death seem elegant“Just don’t breathe and we’ll stop time”She said…“I got this delicate lisp that speaks in tongues and upper lips”Your silhouette’s my favorite I’m not letting go of it I’m not letting go of itShe’s got a leash that grips my teethThat cleans the air I breathe and It’s wrapped around this cityYou look so lovely running through my fingersRunning through my fingersWhere everything’s always felt rightYou look so lovely running through my fingersRunning through my fingersWhere everything’s always felt rightSo she glides off the bed with unflinching relevance and completely motionlessYou’re so heavy, you’re so warmJust a pillow I’ve used a thousand times beforeWrapped in velvet and filled with thornsI’ve got this weakening grip around her arms, around her hipsYour silhouette’s my favoriteI’m not letting go of itI’m not letting go of itShe’s got a leash that grips my teethThat cleans the air I breathe and It’s wrapped around this cityYou look so lovely running through my fingersRunning through my fingersWhere everything’s always felt rightYou look so lovely running through my fingersRunning through my fingersWhere everything’s always felt right“~PollyannaNorthstar, Pollyana